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bush is the republican party of george w bush. in a strange con influence of political news, george w. bush picked tothd to gather headliner republicans, governors like chris christie of new jersey and members of congress like paul ryan of wisconsin. george w. bush picked today to convene in manhattan, a who's who of current republican politicians to campaign for keeping his tax cuts. wow. the still deeply unpopular president has kept a low profile but his emergence today of all days heading up a tax conference did put him squarely back into today's 2012 politics. >> if you raise tax, in other words, i wish they weren't called the bush tax cuts. if they were called some other body's tax cuts they are probably less likely to be raised. >> former president bush should not be so modest about his legacy in the republican party. not only does everybody still call them the bush tax cuts, but this republican party after him is absolutely campaigning on keeping the bush tax cuts. despite the decade so far of the bush tax cuts exploding th
bush is the republican party of george w bush. in a strange con influence of political news, george w. bush picked tothd to gather headliner republicans, governors like chris christie of new jersey and members of congress like paul ryan of wisconsin. george w. bush picked today to convene in manhattan, a who's who of current republican politicians to campaign for keeping his tax cuts. wow. the still deeply unpopular president has kept a low profile but his emergence today of all days heading up...
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four years before that, george w. bush carried it by more than 9,000. the unemployment rate here is the national average. but it is below the state unemployment rate. another interesting stat about arapahoe county, 54% of the registered voters are women. one of the widest gender gaps in any county in colorado. which is why the obama campaign is hitting this area hard with campaign ads about women's issues. "special report" continues after the break. [ male announcer ] there are only so many foods that make kids happy. and even fewer that make moms happy too. with wholesome noodles and bite sized chicken, nothing brings you together like chicken noodle soup from campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. mike rowe here at a ford tell me fiona, who's having a big tire event? your ford dealer. who has 11 major brands to choose from? your ford dealer. who's offering a rebate? your ford dealer. who has the low price tire guarantee... affording peace of mind to anyone who might be in the market for a new set of res? your ford dealer. i'm beginning to sense a
four years before that, george w. bush carried it by more than 9,000. the unemployment rate here is the national average. but it is below the state unemployment rate. another interesting stat about arapahoe county, 54% of the registered voters are women. one of the widest gender gaps in any county in colorado. which is why the obama campaign is hitting this area hard with campaign ads about women's issues. "special report" continues after the break. [ male announcer ] there are only...
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first, president george w. bush, for example, made 141 such appointments. second, the supreme court has never spoken on the issue. and a few lower courts that have considered this issue have not done a constitutional analysis. so the questions on the table today are not encrusted with complex precedents and these appointments are almost certain to be taken to the supreme court, not only because of the reasons you'll hear today in the discussion but also because the policy stakes are high. in the cordray case, the question of whether the consumer protection bureau will be able to function if the director was not poinappointed and the same true for the labor relations bored. the policies of both groups are contesting the authority of the president to make these appointments. if they win those cases, the agencies may not be able to act and they are interim actions may be held to be invalid. fourth, an argument can be made that the senate has considered cordray and rejected him when they could not get together 60 votes to bring up the nomination for debate. so
first, president george w. bush, for example, made 141 such appointments. second, the supreme court has never spoken on the issue. and a few lower courts that have considered this issue have not done a constitutional analysis. so the questions on the table today are not encrusted with complex precedents and these appointments are almost certain to be taken to the supreme court, not only because of the reasons you'll hear today in the discussion but also because the policy stakes are high. in...
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the procedures established under executive order 13337 as issued by president george w. bush on april 30, 2004 shall be carried out with the respect to authorization of and permits for the keystone xl pipeline project. >> thank you. >> the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. >> i thank you, mr. chairman. you will note, my dear friends and colleagues, that this amendment is going to utilize the procedures set forth by president george w. bush on april 30, 2004 with regard to the permitting of the pipeline. the amendment would require approval and permitting processes follow clearly understand processes established by president george w. bush. my friend notice majority who have been pushing so hard on this issue are concerned about the amount of time it's been taking to approve the permit to build this pipeline. in the executive order in question, president bush established a timely process in which an issue like this can be considered. agencies can be consulted regarding the permit application are required to submit their views within 90 days. the environmental revi
the procedures established under executive order 13337 as issued by president george w. bush on april 30, 2004 shall be carried out with the respect to authorization of and permits for the keystone xl pipeline project. >> thank you. >> the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. >> i thank you, mr. chairman. you will note, my dear friends and colleagues, that this amendment is going to utilize the procedures set forth by president george w. bush on april 30, 2004 with regard...
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bush one clinton and george w. bush all added a higher percentage to the debt and president obama has that was a lie too but as you were saying well. as president obama and old school liberals like him up short more and more of our economy into government and government gets bigger and bigger and the private sector which is efficient gets smaller. everything we do becomes more expensive that's another lie government hasn't gotten bigger and bigger under president obama in fact is this chart shows government spending revenue and debts of all decreased since president obama took office mitt romney is a bit you a liar and he's clearly decided that this is going to be his strategy all the way through november and unfortunately with millionaires and billionaires like karl rove and the koch brothers pledging to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to help him get elected it may just work. it's wednesday are you ready to rumble joining me for tonight's lone liberal robillard dustin stockman stockton excuse me chief strat
bush one clinton and george w. bush all added a higher percentage to the debt and president obama has that was a lie too but as you were saying well. as president obama and old school liberals like him up short more and more of our economy into government and government gets bigger and bigger and the private sector which is efficient gets smaller. everything we do becomes more expensive that's another lie government hasn't gotten bigger and bigger under president obama in fact is this chart...
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this is the same old george w. bush argument. they thought that this made it seem less scary. >> for younger people. what we said then, and what i've always agreed, is let younger americans have a voluntary choice of making their money work faster for them within the social security system. that's not what mitt romney's proposing. what we're saying is no changes for anyby 55 and above. >> when charlie pierce from boston wrote up that moment from the debate at "esquire" magazine today he wrote this. "you could hear the screams from romney headquarters all the way up the charles to where i was watching." democrats have so far been keeping their powder dry on this very, very potent issue. on the republicans wanting to privatize social security. not just privatizing medicare, and thereby getting rid of it, which has been an issue in this campaign, but privatizing social security and thereby getting rid of it. before last night, that was paul ryan's record and it was george w. bush's record. but nobody knew if romney and ryan were goi
this is the same old george w. bush argument. they thought that this made it seem less scary. >> for younger people. what we said then, and what i've always agreed, is let younger americans have a voluntary choice of making their money work faster for them within the social security system. that's not what mitt romney's proposing. what we're saying is no changes for anyby 55 and above. >> when charlie pierce from boston wrote up that moment from the debate at "esquire"...
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w. john, let's talk about ohio. this was the deciding vote for the president and of course, just a few minutes ago we heard that the romney camp was not willing to con seed. that in fact, ohio, all of the votes have not been counted and they are not willing to con seed that, in fact, the president won ohio. >> i have returned from the map room. >> yes. we haven't gotten the final tabulation of votes. the romney campaign can refuse to con seed. until colorado and -- you know, the romney campaign can hold out. >> you have been down this road under different administrations and different election nights. can you walk us through what some of the thinking is on the romney side at this hour knowing what we don't know? >> what they are doing is looking at counties in ohio including coal country where they say mitt romney is out performing george w. bush in 2004. had to retract it. they are not going to -- republicans aren't going make the same mistake again. they're going to fight until the ver
w. john, let's talk about ohio. this was the deciding vote for the president and of course, just a few minutes ago we heard that the romney camp was not willing to con seed. that in fact, ohio, all of the votes have not been counted and they are not willing to con seed that, in fact, the president won ohio. >> i have returned from the map room. >> yes. we haven't gotten the final tabulation of votes. the romney campaign can refuse to con seed. until colorado and -- you know, the...
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w. look at you all. man. it is so great to see you. thank you so much for coming out. i love you, too, man. thank you for coming out and standing in line. i appreciate it. i want to thank you for something else. thank you for those electoral votes and thank you for making mitt romney the next president of the united states. we have got a job to do, friends. and you know what? we have a lot of people who need jobs. and we have a big choice ahead of us. the question is, are we going to stick with four more years of the same? the same path? no. are we going to have a country in debt, doubt, and decline? or are we going to do what we need to do to get people back to work, to fix the mess in washington, and to get this country back on the right track. [applause] we want to earn your support. we want to deserve a victory. here is the problem. president obama and too many politicians like him in washington, they are more worried about their next election than they are worried about the next gen
w. look at you all. man. it is so great to see you. thank you so much for coming out. i love you, too, man. thank you for coming out and standing in line. i appreciate it. i want to thank you for something else. thank you for those electoral votes and thank you for making mitt romney the next president of the united states. we have got a job to do, friends. and you know what? we have a lot of people who need jobs. and we have a big choice ahead of us. the question is, are we going to stick with...
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george w. bush for the economic woes they face right now. >> you know, it's remarkable, george. three years and ten months into the obama presidency, a majority of voters, in fact by a 15-point marriagen voters blame george w. bush, not barack obama for the current state of the economy and those voters are overwhelmingly voting for obama for re-election. george w. bush is the most unpopular second-term president in the post-war era following him into the presidency is for barack obama, the gift that keeps on giving. >> nicolle wallace, you've worked for george w. bush. you saw one thing, one dynamic in the entire campaign is mitt romney did not want to be tethered to the economic policies of george w. bush and, of course, president bush did not come to the convention. >> right, you know, he really was an invisible figure and republicans i think made a bet -- certainly in 2010 it worked against barack obama to still be blaming george w. bush who would appear based on the things we're looking at
george w. bush for the economic woes they face right now. >> you know, it's remarkable, george. three years and ten months into the obama presidency, a majority of voters, in fact by a 15-point marriagen voters blame george w. bush, not barack obama for the current state of the economy and those voters are overwhelmingly voting for obama for re-election. george w. bush is the most unpopular second-term president in the post-war era following him into the presidency is for barack obama,...
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bush's secretary of labor, george w. bush's homeland security director, george w. bush's budget director. and last but not least, the current republican speaker of the house! mitt romney, change you can believe in, if you really like george w. bush, and if you like the current republican congress. then we're the kind of real change you're looking for. who cast this thing? the democrats? one of the reasons that the message of real change resonated so much back in 2008, one of the reasons that that actually worked for barack obama in that election, is because the country writ large had ceased to be delighted by the george w. bush administration. and it was not just the war in iraq. or the great recession. or warrantless wiretapping. or torture, or, or, or, or, or. it was also stuff like this. this is the u.s. state department's annual report on global terrorism from 2003. every year the state department will put together a report like this detailing incidents of terrorism around the world. and the next report after this one, the one that was slated for 2004, showed t
bush's secretary of labor, george w. bush's homeland security director, george w. bush's budget director. and last but not least, the current republican speaker of the house! mitt romney, change you can believe in, if you really like george w. bush, and if you like the current republican congress. then we're the kind of real change you're looking for. who cast this thing? the democrats? one of the reasons that the message of real change resonated so much back in 2008, one of the reasons that...
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if you get, for example, george w. bush elected over an al gore it makes tremendous impact. you go to war perhaps. >> and katty's point, does that get the people skiletted in 2008 by this hope, change message and by obama as the candidate as excited as playing to the fear that -- especially playing to 12 years ago, i'm not so sure. chris: ok. >> i agree with that. if at any point obama had said here's what we're going to do and it's really exciting, over the next four years we started doing this thing and now we have the largest wind farm in the world in oregon, we're going to have another one in nevada. if he had just come with that kind of -- chris: big question. but paul krugman in "the new york times" on friday said he's afraid to do that. because he will be hit again with big spending and more deficits if he proposes anything. >> and playing the republicans' game. chris: ok. let's look at what could be the key to everything. ohio. and you've written about it. every winning republican has carried ohio. and joe, your magazine, "time" magazine has a big spread on it this w
if you get, for example, george w. bush elected over an al gore it makes tremendous impact. you go to war perhaps. >> and katty's point, does that get the people skiletted in 2008 by this hope, change message and by obama as the candidate as excited as playing to the fear that -- especially playing to 12 years ago, i'm not so sure. chris: ok. >> i agree with that. if at any point obama had said here's what we're going to do and it's really exciting, over the next four years we...
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meanwhile today, former president george w. bush and george h.w. bush at the white house for unveiling today of the portrait of the first lady and former president bush. it was an interesting event. interesting things said. and that's why, one reason why we have an expanded panel tonight. steve hayes, senior writer for the "weekly standard." juan williams, columnist with the hill. we welcome darre dana perino, co-host of "the five" in town for this and charles krauthammer. welcome. after all the back and forth you're on the panel. >> have i been begging to be on the panel for years. >> bret: is this the new "the five"? >> it could be. if charles will allow me to stay. >> bret: let's ask about the event. there was interesting things said by both president obama and the former president. ended up being a nice event. >> almost a book end of healing at the end of coming back to white house that, with a lot of memories there. a lot of stress and challenges. but everybody, every day was joyous one when we worked together. a lot of people came back to cel
meanwhile today, former president george w. bush and george h.w. bush at the white house for unveiling today of the portrait of the first lady and former president bush. it was an interesting event. interesting things said. and that's why, one reason why we have an expanded panel tonight. steve hayes, senior writer for the "weekly standard." juan williams, columnist with the hill. we welcome darre dana perino, co-host of "the five" in town for this and charles krauthammer....
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but has this party become so extreme that george w. bush, george h.w. bush, even ronald reagan would not have a seat at the table? >> we were talking in the break about how this debate about big government versus small government is not one that i'm particularly skilled at making because i worked for a republican president who actually expanded the role of the federal government in education accountability who actually believed in adding a new benefit to the way we take care of older americans, a federal benefit, a prescription drug benefit. so i made the opposite argument in the george w. bush white house. i think this notion that republicans are going to have to suppress the vote for political purposes to win is completely -- it's cynical and also inaccurate. we just have to present two very different visions for growing the economy. i think everyone can agree that the economy is sick and it's going to be sick until election day. so what happened friday was so petty, it was the opposite of what obama promised when he promised an end to childish things
but has this party become so extreme that george w. bush, george h.w. bush, even ronald reagan would not have a seat at the table? >> we were talking in the break about how this debate about big government versus small government is not one that i'm particularly skilled at making because i worked for a republican president who actually expanded the role of the federal government in education accountability who actually believed in adding a new benefit to the way we take care of older...
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sam stein, in terms of the george w. bush legacy, this is the guy as you know we discussed with john, he's the one that like the republican party has been so -- such a converted effort not to mention and yet, when it comes down to actual policies, mitt romney in some ways a continuation of the george w. bush legacy. is this something the democrats can ride through november 6th. >> your question was so good it left mark speechless there. >> i lost the audio there. i got it back. >> no just give credit to alex. such a good question. you know, bush has not -- as you noted in the beginning bush has really been sort of absent from the discussion and for large reasons for both candidates because mitt romney obviously doesn't want to have that linger over his candidacy and obama has said -- obama has tried to avoid the notion he's blaming his problems on his predecessor. last night's question was probably the first sustained time that i can remember in this campaign where it actually came into focus and i thought, you know, oba
sam stein, in terms of the george w. bush legacy, this is the guy as you know we discussed with john, he's the one that like the republican party has been so -- such a converted effort not to mention and yet, when it comes down to actual policies, mitt romney in some ways a continuation of the george w. bush legacy. is this something the democrats can ride through november 6th. >> your question was so good it left mark speechless there. >> i lost the audio there. i got it back....
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allowed them to operate by like bandits, and it was done under george w. bush's watch. there isn't difference between romney and bush. >> that raises the critical question. why doesn't the romney campaign say look at the parallel of george w. bush it seems to be a winning argument. >> and it's an accurate one. we lost the populous in obama. interest is no spirit there. there is no guts. that's why he lost the first debate. he's not feeling our pain. the pain is very widespread. if you lost your house 50 million americans have lost their homes or they're going to lose it. they have to change neighbors give up schools. their kids think they're losers. they did something wrong. this guy is not addressing this. >> eliot: was he more akin to the plutocats that you write so persuasively about in your book. >> i think by invocation and personality he's a techno contract. he could be member of the plutocats if he wanted to. that's why wall street backed him in 2008. i do think that obama does understand what is happening to the middle class and i think you should not underrate
allowed them to operate by like bandits, and it was done under george w. bush's watch. there isn't difference between romney and bush. >> that raises the critical question. why doesn't the romney campaign say look at the parallel of george w. bush it seems to be a winning argument. >> and it's an accurate one. we lost the populous in obama. interest is no spirit there. there is no guts. that's why he lost the first debate. he's not feeling our pain. the pain is very widespread. if...
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the headliners were george w. bush's secretary of state, george w. bush's labor secretary, the governor and current speaker of the house. mitt romney, change you can believe in if you really liked george w. bush and if you like the current republican congress. then we're the kind of real change we're looking for. who cast this thing, the democrats? one of the reasons that the message of real change resonated back in 2008 because the country at large had ceased to be delighted by the george w. bush administration. and it wasn't just the war in iraq or, or, or, or. it was stuff like this. this is the u.s. state department's annual report on global terrorism in 2003. every year they would put together a report like this detailing accidents of terrorism around the world. and the next report after this one, showed that despite the bush administration's claims that we were winning the war on terror, despite the constant claims, the number of terrorist attacks had gone up to its highest level in the two decades the state department had been publishing this
the headliners were george w. bush's secretary of state, george w. bush's labor secretary, the governor and current speaker of the house. mitt romney, change you can believe in if you really liked george w. bush and if you like the current republican congress. then we're the kind of real change we're looking for. who cast this thing, the democrats? one of the reasons that the message of real change resonated back in 2008 because the country at large had ceased to be delighted by the george w....
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it was george w. bush. the democrats have done a poor job of selling this and explaining it because they posed as sort of republican light. i don't think the voters get the discretionary area of the budget wasn't even l.b.j. it was george w. bush. the democrats have done a poor job of selling this and explaining it because they posed as sort of republican light. i don't think the voters get the distinction. >> this bill to punish people who renounce their citizenship to avoid paying taxes, is it fair? >> sure it is. here is a guy who comes to the united states. why? his wealthy family in brazil is targeted for kidnapping. he comes to the u.s. where he has a safe place. he goes to our most prestigious college, harvard. he gets involved in the business here and makes billions of dollars. when he leaves the country, he doesn't have to pay any tax so long as he doesn't sell the shares. the government has a record if he sells the shares, how much tax he owes. talk about defriending a society and ripping it off.
it was george w. bush. the democrats have done a poor job of selling this and explaining it because they posed as sort of republican light. i don't think the voters get the discretionary area of the budget wasn't even l.b.j. it was george w. bush. the democrats have done a poor job of selling this and explaining it because they posed as sort of republican light. i don't think the voters get the distinction. >> this bill to punish people who renounce their citizenship to avoid paying...
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a former assistant to presidento george w. bush, also with us opera the new york times best-seller the amateur on the obama administration this is as if the obama team did not -- it just knew exactly wat would unfold. that is how together they were >> i'll understand that. the cost per ad, the republicans have to pay, many times more than the democrats. they bought there rate and they bought them in a very inefficient way. the whole campaign was just shot through with inefficiency. lou: de think it will be as easy for the republicans to raise money next time? >> people talking about, is there a silver lining for the republican. no doubt there are a lot of attractive potential candidates. you can go on and on. the question is, the base which controls the primary situation, will they go for any of these people, these populist conservatives overvalue conservatives. lou: let me pose another. i was talking with someone who i will not name. basically the republican party has a strange feeling of being in the buzz around and tells a
a former assistant to presidento george w. bush, also with us opera the new york times best-seller the amateur on the obama administration this is as if the obama team did not -- it just knew exactly wat would unfold. that is how together they were >> i'll understand that. the cost per ad, the republicans have to pay, many times more than the democrats. they bought there rate and they bought them in a very inefficient way. the whole campaign was just shot through with inefficiency. lou:...
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burr bush did the same thing and ronald reagan and every -- >> george w. bush had the biggest financial crisis since the great depression. george herbert walker bush destroyed the economy. >> let me educate you. jfk, ronald reagan and george w. bush, every single time we lowered tax rates we had economic boom, job creation and more money flowing into the treasury. >> he has to figure out a way to get money into the treasury. weoth know lowering tax rates alone will not do that. melissa: she thinks it will. you have to come back with different point. >> monica, there is no evidence to support what you just said. >> i have empirical evidence for deck indicates every single time it has been done it it happened. >> george w. bush's economy was complete and total failure. everybody on the planet agrees with that. >> let me correct that. george w. bush signed two waves of tax cuts into law, 2001, 2003 with bipartisan support. after that we had 54 consecutive months of job creati. >> that 55th month woos a problem. melissa: chris, i want to get you the record. yo
burr bush did the same thing and ronald reagan and every -- >> george w. bush had the biggest financial crisis since the great depression. george herbert walker bush destroyed the economy. >> let me educate you. jfk, ronald reagan and george w. bush, every single time we lowered tax rates we had economic boom, job creation and more money flowing into the treasury. >> he has to figure out a way to get money into the treasury. weoth know lowering tax rates alone will not do...
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in other words, might there be a way just as george w. bush did in the 2001-2002 period to use the existing treaty framework to provide the transparency and the verification necessary to assure both sides, but to reduce the two countries deployed strategic arsenals below that's start levels. that a path worth considering given the very difficult relationship between the u.s. and russia on various issues, missile defense, syria, other types of things? >> well, i think if there are 100 people in the room -- if there are 100 people in the room, you probably have 100 different plans for how this could work. but thing are a couple of prerequisites. the first is i would argue we need to have a decision, preferably by a a lateral decision which quite frankly just means us to go down to new start numbers immediately. these are very modest reductions. i forget what the number of the just released start aggregate was we're roughly at 1750. we're going 1550. you could pull 200 weapons off alert and put them thought a few days, if not a few weeks. i
in other words, might there be a way just as george w. bush did in the 2001-2002 period to use the existing treaty framework to provide the transparency and the verification necessary to assure both sides, but to reduce the two countries deployed strategic arsenals below that's start levels. that a path worth considering given the very difficult relationship between the u.s. and russia on various issues, missile defense, syria, other types of things? >> well, i think if there are 100...
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the former deputy assistant to president george w. bush and a democratic strategist are here. they go to the history pook books and it turns out fdr was the only president re-elected when unemployment was over 8%, like it is now. do you think president obama can defy that? >> it will be very hard f. it wasn't for bad news, obama wouldn't make news on the economy. he started a convention with bad news. they passed the $16 trillion mark in deficit and ended on friday with a miserable jobs report. the american people know what they feel. and the two most important things they will ask themselves in the voting booth is, am i better off than four years ago? clearly that's no. then they are going to say, is the president to blame? is the country on the right track or the wrong track? sadly, a majority of americans believe that our country's headed down the wrong track. i believe in that case, they are going to give obama the boot. i think they are going to look for change. i think that romney offers the change they are seeking. ?ool what about the gut feeling? >> i certainly think t
the former deputy assistant to president george w. bush and a democratic strategist are here. they go to the history pook books and it turns out fdr was the only president re-elected when unemployment was over 8%, like it is now. do you think president obama can defy that? >> it will be very hard f. it wasn't for bad news, obama wouldn't make news on the economy. he started a convention with bad news. they passed the $16 trillion mark in deficit and ended on friday with a miserable jobs...
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bush, they certainly did. but now in the post-george w. bush era, republicans can do no such thing. yes, they are still using the military for a prop. they unveiled their vice presidential nominee by having him literally run out from a battleship as if he had just been in there swabbing the decks or something when they happened to hear his name called, i guess i better get out there. there was no mention of the war we are currently fighting from either republican nominee at their convention. no mention of the war. no real focus on foreign policy at all except some nonspecific chest pounding about new wars they might want to start maybe in iran, syria, maybe russia. but it's the democrats including a bellowing and aggressive john kerry who were the ones who sound like this at their convention now. >> he promised to focus like a laser on al qaeda. and he has. and our forces have eliminated more of its leadership in the last three years than in all of the eight years that came before. and after more than ten years without justice for thousands of americans murdered on 9/11, after mitt
bush, they certainly did. but now in the post-george w. bush era, republicans can do no such thing. yes, they are still using the military for a prop. they unveiled their vice presidential nominee by having him literally run out from a battleship as if he had just been in there swabbing the decks or something when they happened to hear his name called, i guess i better get out there. there was no mention of the war we are currently fighting from either republican nominee at their convention. no...
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well, i mean, george w. bush did not sign that. >> no, he did not. dick cheney signed the original letter, the year before setting up the project for a new american century. you had richard armitage at state. you saw the list. >> yeah. well, i mean what i would say is that president bush did not sign, he is -- was the president. he is the one who made the decision. and i think that using the word "conspiracy," i think, brian, is a real unfortunate thing. >> i am not using that word. the callers used it. >> there are people who say things like that. but there is not any shred of legitimacy to the use of that word. >> all right. here is an odd and an end i want to ask you. en interview with a fellow, i book about you, and i just -- i'll run this. you tell us finally what is true and what is not true. let's run this. >> i can't be the first person to tell you that the first thing i learned in here that surprised me was that donald rumsfeld is a close friend of dan rather's and co-owns a ranch with him somewhere. where did you find that? well. >> well wh
well, i mean, george w. bush did not sign that. >> no, he did not. dick cheney signed the original letter, the year before setting up the project for a new american century. you had richard armitage at state. you saw the list. >> yeah. well, i mean what i would say is that president bush did not sign, he is -- was the president. he is the one who made the decision. and i think that using the word "conspiracy," i think, brian, is a real unfortunate thing. >> i am not...
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it's moderated by former special assistant to president george w. bush, david fromm. while congress is on break this week and next, c-span 3 features american history tv prime time at 8:00 p.m. eastern. tonight the life of president dwight eisenhower. you'll hear from the architect of the memorial honoring the nation's 34th president, and from eisenhower's granddaughter, who opposes the memorial. then an archival film about general eisenhower, made by the u.s. army. >>> we return now to the national journal forum on the federal budget. next a panel discussion on the budget and deficit rejection. former budget committee staff director steve del endorsed an approach that would provide immediate economic stimulus along with future deficit cuts. this is about 20 minutes. >> next we have our discussion with our panel of experts. joining this morning, we have steve bell, senior director of economic policy, the bipartisan policy center, laura peterson, senior policy analyst, taxpayers for common sense, and ethan pollack, senior policy analyst, the economic policy institute.
it's moderated by former special assistant to president george w. bush, david fromm. while congress is on break this week and next, c-span 3 features american history tv prime time at 8:00 p.m. eastern. tonight the life of president dwight eisenhower. you'll hear from the architect of the memorial honoring the nation's 34th president, and from eisenhower's granddaughter, who opposes the memorial. then an archival film about general eisenhower, made by the u.s. army. >>> we return now...
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stephen colbert and george w. bush. >> i stand by this man. i stand by this man because he stands for things. not only for things, he stands on things. things like aircraft carriers and rubble and recently flooded city squares. and that sends a strong message that no matter what happens to america, she will always rebound will the most powerfully staged photo-ops in the world. >> that's one of the great things about this night is that washington becomes unbuttoned and presidents really do take a licking. >> they do. but for the most part it is usually the president who is in command who's making all the jokes, who is controlling his own self-deprecation brilliantly. >> this is a night where the president gets to show the country what sort of a great, smart, with it, in on the joke person he is. >> and he has the best joke writers in america helping him to show what a good sense of humor he has. >> the only good thing about influx of celebrities in, the national audience -- >> i grew up in washington, d.c. this was a very local thing. now we're
stephen colbert and george w. bush. >> i stand by this man. i stand by this man because he stands for things. not only for things, he stands on things. things like aircraft carriers and rubble and recently flooded city squares. and that sends a strong message that no matter what happens to america, she will always rebound will the most powerfully staged photo-ops in the world. >> that's one of the great things about this night is that washington becomes unbuttoned and presidents...
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. >>> george w. bush of the state of texas has received for president of the united states 271 votes. al gore, of the state of tennessee, has received 266 votes. may god bless our new president, and our new vice president, and may god bless the united states of ameca. so, this is delicious okay... is this where we're at now, we just eat whatever tastes good? like these sweet honey clusters... actually there's a half a day's worth of fiber in every ... why stop at cereal? bring on the pork chops and the hot fudge. fantastic. are you done sweetie? yea [ male announcer ] fiber beyond recognition. fiber one. hey, i love your cereal there-- it's got that sweet honey taste. but no way it's 80 calories, right? no way. lady, i just drive the truck. right, there's no way right, right? have a nice day. [ male announcer ] 80 delicious calories. fiber one. >>> it is 5:45 in the mornings, as we look at a beautiful live picture of the united states capitol. let's get a check of the weather from nbc meteorologist b
. >>> george w. bush of the state of texas has received for president of the united states 271 votes. al gore, of the state of tennessee, has received 266 votes. may god bless our new president, and our new vice president, and may god bless the united states of ameca. so, this is delicious okay... is this where we're at now, we just eat whatever tastes good? like these sweet honey clusters... actually there's a half a day's worth of fiber in every ... why stop at cereal? bring on the...